Spicy Slaw Quesadillas (Baxters Deli Toppers)

Quesadillas are the Mexican answer to toasted cheese sandwiches – this is my second recipe created in partnership with Baxters’ Deli Toppers – find out more below…

Quesadillas are simply toasted tortillas with melted cheese and other tasty bits inside. Nothing especially complicated but I was introduced to them relatively recently. Nigella included a recipe for quesadillas in Nigella Express – her speedy recipes book which was a god send when Ted was a baby – and we’ve loved them ever since.

You could fry quesadillas in a pan but for the pleasing chargrilled tiger stripes effect you will need a stove top griddle. Quesadillas work especially well with chillies or pickles inside.

We had a Sunday night quesadilla ritual we called “Taco Night”. Quesadillas and tacos are obviously not the same thing but it came from ABC’s Lost, our favourite TV show at the time. In a flashback to uncharacteristic wedded bliss, main character Kate told her then-husband, “it’s Taco Night”.

Much amused, my husband and I adopted the phrase for ourselves – keeping the happy Taco Night tradition alive even if Lost’s poor tormented Kate could not.

In the old days of Taco Night Chez Walthamstow, when we were still zombified from sleepless nights with Ted, I stuck fairly rigidly on autopilot to Nigella’s parma ham version.

Having since eaten many quesadillas in Wahaca I now realise you can put whatever you like in them so long as the melted cheese holds it all together.

So here is my own version featuring Baxters Deli Toppers Spicy Slaw.

The Spicy Slaw is just one variety from the new selection of Baxters’ Deli Toppers. I have already featured their jalapenos in my spicy black bean nachos last week (see below) and recipes using the Red Onion Rings and Red Slaw Deli Toppers will be featured here in the next couple of weeks.

As well as the chicken filling, I toasted a veggie alternative using the black beans left over from last week’s spicy black bean nachos.

Both versions have the Spicy Slaw inside but you can pile extra on the side too.

Quesadillas are best served hot but in common with pizza they’re rather tasty cold the next day too. Only left over quesadillas are a rare thing – at least they are in our house!

This spicy slaw quesadillas post was commissioned by Baxters as part of their new Deli Toppers #GetTopping campaign. For more recipes using Baxters Deli Toppers and the chance to grab a free jar of product visit the Deli Toppers microsite.

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